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“Okay.”
This whole talk had gone a lot more smoothly than I’d anticipated, but I was glad we hadn’t been at each other’s throats and somehow we’d both compromised.
Now that that was sorted, we could go back to kissing. He pulled me closer and I raised my hand to brush across his cheek.
“I might snore,” I teased him as he leaned forward and his lips were nearly touching mine.
“I can live with that,” he said as he smiled.
His lips touched mine so gently that I felt a tingle run through my body. I wasn’t sure if it was part of the whole mate thing or if it was my body’s reaction to his.
I groaned as his lips moved against mine and my hands snaked around his neck, pulling him closer to me. I opened my mouth and his tongue swept inside and danced with mine. The flutter in my stomach intensified.
By the time he broke free, I was breathless and so aware of his body against mine.
“So when are we going to do the blood thing for me to join your pack?” I asked, feeling a little nervous about it.
“When we get back to my house,” he answered.
Soon, I would be a part of his pack.
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Scarlett
When we arrived back at Cade's house, Blake was waiting in the kitchen with Gary. I was surprised to see him because I thought he'd gone to school. It was another couple of hours before school ended for the day. I walked in first and Cade followed behind.
"What are you doing here?" I asked Blake.
"I thought I'd skip as well to make sure everything ran smoothly while you guys had your talk."
I hadn't even thought about it. It was then that I realized the responsibility that Cade had on his shoulders.
Blake began to stand up and Cade walked over to him and before I even realized what he was going to do, he hit him in the face. Blake took the hit and didn't even attempt to defend himself or try and hit Cade back. It was like he'd expected it.
"What the hell?" I gasped, taken by surprise as I rushed over to Blake. His lip was cut and bloodied.
"That's for being a shitty friend," explained Cade calmly and then he turned and walked over to the kitchen sink.
"I deserved that," Blake said to me. He didn't deserve it. He'd kept my secret because I'd asked him to. I would never understand guys.
"No, you didn't," I weighed in as I threw a glare at my mate.
"Yes, he did," stated Cade as he rinsed blood from his hand.
"We good?" Blake said, wiping the blood from his lip.
"Yeah, we're good," confirmed Cade as he walked over to the fridge and got out a bottle of water.
The slate was wiped clean. Men were so confusing. If they were girls, they wouldn't talk to each other for a couple of weeks. Gary looked from Blake to Cade and shook his head.
"What are you doing out of school?" Gary asked when he realized I was home early.
"Cade and I had some stuff to sort through," I began to explain. I sat down in-between Gary and Blake.
"Remember what Blake and Cade told you about mates and stuff like that?" I asked.
"Sure, I remember," he answered as he nodded.
